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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of the talented, blind musician, who signed a record contract at eleven years old, topped music charts, and worked to help those with sensory, mental, and physical conditions.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
n intimate debut memoir by the Grammy Award-winning artist who famously played "Officer Clemmons" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood traces his Oberlin College music studies, his embrace of his sexual orientation and his life-changing chance encounter with Fred Rogers.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and mostly unknown eccentric Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn. Along the way, he delves into the injustices of copyright theft and media segregation that resulted in Black artists living in poverty as white...
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and activist. Her music helped shape the civil rights movement and inspired many people. Aretha Franklin: Legendary Singer explores her life and legacy. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Aretha sang with a soaring voice that spanned more than three octaves. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there was even more to...
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